Speakers

Chemical Biology: Peptide and Protein Design

Thursday, October 29, 2026, 12:30 PM - 5:25 PM ET

Keynote Speaker

Samuel Gellman, PhD
Samuel Gellman, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Speakers

Mandë Holford, PhD
Mandë Holford, PhD
Harvard University

Christopher Plummer, PhD
Christopher Plummer, PhD
Merck

Jie Zhou, PhD
Jie Zhou, PhD
University of Chicago

Short Talk Speakers

Stefan Belic, MPhil
Stefan Belic, MPhil
New York University

Benjamin Goldberg
Benjamin Goldberg
Tufts University

Kubra Kaygisiz, PhD
Kubra Kaygisiz, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ashleigh Purvis
Ashleigh Purvis
Yale University

Scientific Organizing Committee

Melanie Brickman Borchard, PhD, MSc
Melanie Brickman Borchard, PhD, MSc
The New York Academy of Sciences

Cassie Chartier, PhD
Cassie Chartier, PhD
The New York Academy of Sciences

Kevin Gardner, PhD
Kevin Gardner, PhD
City University of New York

Charles Jayne, MS
Charles Jayne, MS
Merck

Jon Lai
Jon Lai
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Sarah Slavoff, PhD
Sarah Slavoff, PhD
Yale University

Poster Presenters

Samuel Ailsworth, MS
Samuel Ailsworth, MS
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Joshua Almonte, PhD
Joshua Almonte, PhD
Cornell University

Lily Bauer
Lily Bauer
Syracuse University

Sebastian Bell, BSc
Sebastian Bell, BSc
New York University

Gabriel Brill, PhD
Gabriel Brill, PhD
Stonybrook University

Brent Carroll, BS
Brent Carroll, BS
New York University

Xuhang Dai, PhD
Xuhang Dai, PhD
New York University

Summer Desouza
Summer Desouza
New York University

Johannes Dresel, MS
Johannes Dresel, MS
University of Delaware

Leah Epstein, BA, MPhil
Leah Epstein, BA, MPhil
CUNY - Advanced Science Research Center

Caroline Farmer, MS
Caroline Farmer, MS
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Malvin Forson, BA, MPhil
Malvin Forson, BA, MPhil
CUNY Graduate Center